US Patent Issued to Drylock Technologies on July 7 for "Absorbent article with reduced absorbent core" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,988, issued on July 7, was assigned to Drylock Technologies NV (Zele, Belgium).

"Absorbent article with reduced absorbent core" was invented by Werner Van Ingelgem (Zele, Belgium), Steven Smet (Zele, Belgium) and Bart Van Malderen (Zele, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An absorbent article comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the liquid pervious topsheet and the liquid impervious backsheet; said absorbent article having a first and second longitudinal edge and a first and second transverse edge; wherein the absorbent core comprises a top core sheet, a bac...